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A definition or brief description of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.

A 2010 (130 S. Ct. 876) Supreme Court of the United States decision that First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution rights applied to corporations as well as biological persons, reversing laws that restricted corporate contributions to political campaigns